Monday, February 8, 2016

#SelfieSaturday #MotivatedMonday and The New Life

My morning Cindy Lou Who Hairdo ...

I woke up today, did my workout and shovelled an awful lot of snow. The reward that I had gotten for all of this was a scale that read 175.6 which for anyone keeping track is about 7 lbs in one week. This is a good thing since I am in the process of total domination of my company's Fat Out and all the wonderful prizes that will come with it! (Muahahahahahahahaha) I also happen to be a little over a week into the Home Gym, Bowflex, Power Blocks experiment. Actually it isn't an experiment no matter how much lying I do to myself, it is the new life. On a brighter note, my lemons are making an interesting lemonade.

By the end of this last week I had managed to have a very good lower torso and leg day. That of course was the overwhelming fear that I had when limiting myself to the Bowflex and no gym. The limitation of the Bowflex of course being that that I have a maximum "theoretical" weight of 155 lbs per side (310 lbs combined) and could easily do a 1050 lb leg press or a 560 lb squat, which basically meant, sorry Charlie. Now the brighter side of all of this is that with the leg attachment I tapped out at 160 lb leg extension and leg curl and it is actually a better feel than the normal machines at the gym. On another bright note, I have a good imagination and have figured out a few more tricks, like using the machine for deadlifts which made my legs wabble quite well the next day. Stiff leg variety as well which made my hamstrings very crabby the next day.

I have been bouncing around online for just about 20 years, so I have been there and have done that. It doesn't mean I didn't like it and wouldn't do it again. As most humans, I am a social animal. To be a social animal on the internet it is social media that binds us all together. I prefer Google + and Twitter but have pages on the other ones that I ignore, so you probably should too.

My Blogging

I blog a lot. If you don't like people that blog a lot then I don't know how you got here to begin with. You may want to just move along.

Contrary to popular opinion I hate politics, but have political opinions ..

The easiest way to get under my skin is to apply the "all you talk about is politics" tag. This is a common knee jerk reaction some have when they see something political, and unfortunately I don't hold back sometimes. As a matter of fact, I share more about health, fitness and blogging than politics, which you would know if you weren't busy dismissing me. I actually follow and interact with more people that disagree with me than agree with me politically. The list of "other than politics" seems to be growing everyday and it probably looks a lot like this: